The tree is a healthy and good grower, and an excellent bearer.
This variety is said to have originated from seed saved from an apple which Lord Craven had eaten while on his travels from France to Holland, and which was planted at Wyken, about two miles from Coventry. According to Mr. Lindley, the original tree, then very old, was in existence in 1827, and presented the appearance of an old trunk, with a strong sucker growing from its roots.
398. YELLOW ELLIOT.—Knight.
- Identification.—[Pom. Heref.] t 17. [Lind. Guide], 113.
- Synonymes.—Eleot, [Worl. Vin.] 163. Eliot, [Philips Cid.] Yellow Eyelet, [Hort. Soc. Cat.] ed. 3, p. 15.?.
Fruit, of a good size, rather more flat than long, having a few obtuse angles terminating in the crown. Eye, small, with short diverging segment of the calyx. Stalk, short. Skin, pale yellow, slightly shaded with orange on the sunny side.
Specific gravity of the juice, 1076.
The cider of this apple in a new state, is harsh and astringent, but grows soft and mellow with age, and was much esteemed by the writers of the seventeenth century.
399. YELLOW INGESTRIE.—Hort.
- Identification.—[Hort. Trans.] vol. 1, p. 227. [Hort. Soc. Cat.]ed 3, n. 359. [Lind. Guide], 26. [Diel Kernobst.] iii. B. 43. [Rog. Fr. Cult.] 81.
- Figure.—[Ron. Pyr. Mal.] pl. i. f. 4.
Fruit, small, an inch and three quarters wide, and an inch and five-eights high; of a handsome cylindrical shape, flattened at both ends. Skin, smooth, of a fine clear yellow, tinged with a deeper yellow on the side next the sun, and marked with small pinky spots. Eye, small, and partially closed, set almost even with the surface; but sometimes in a wide, and shallow basin. Stalk, from half-an-inch to three quarters long, set in a rather shallow, and smooth cavity. Flesh, yellow, firm, crisp, and delicate, with a profusion of brisk, and highly flavored vinous juice.